Fernando Machicado
Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator
Asociación Española de Normalización, UNE
Spain
About me
Senior expert on accessibility standardisation. Proven experience managing standardisation projects on accessibility at international (ISO), European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI) and national (UNE, Spain) level. Currently secretary of CEN/CLC/JTC 11 and of CEN/CLC/ETSI/JTB eAccessibility.
Long term relationship, in the framework of European standardisation, with key stakeholders such as the EC, representatives of persons with disabilities and of older persons (EDF, AGE), accessibility experts and industry.
Institutional relationship with the ESOs and with the NSBs regarding standardisation accessibility projects.
My organisation
UNE is the Spanish National Standardisation Body. We are members of the three European Standardisation Organisations: CEN, CENELEC and ETSI. We are also members of ISO and IEC. UNE holds the secretary of several standardisation technical committees at European and international level, mainly in the fields of the accessibility of the built environment and on ICT accessibility.
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Speaker sessions (2)
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
17:00 - 20:30
AccessibleEU Event and Reception
- Assistive technologies
- ICT innovations
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Join this engaging evening reception to learn from common mistakes and innovative solutions that seek to enable the EAA and elevate the CRPD and its impact for the European common market.
Thursday, 22 February 2024
10:00 - 12:00
AccessibleEU Workshop: Policies and Standardisation
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